Thank you gentlemen, I have officially made up my mind to steer clear of this purchase...
And, the point about saving, buying a known good unit makes total sense..

So far the talking has been around on price has been 1,000 dollars...
I too have experience in dealing with the huge pains title problems can be...
Maybe I should just by the '73 Kawi Big Bear, also no title, but "out of the system"...

I have stumbled across an opportunity to purchase the above bike but have concerns about the costs of fixing it up...
The bike's current possessor came to have this marvelous machine by having a tenant fall behind in rent because of substance abuse problems etc...
So, there's no key, the bike ...